◄ G3957 ►
πάσχα
Transliteration
pascha;
Pronunciation
pas'-khah
Parts of Speech
n n
Root Word (Etymology)
of Aramaic origin, cf 6453
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 5:896
KJV Translation Count — 29x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Passover (28), Easter (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt)
2. the paschal lamb, i.e. the lamb the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of the day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings; Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb
3. the paschal supper
4. the paschal feast, the feast of the Passover, extending from the 14th to the 20th day of the month Nisan
Strong's Definitions
pas'-khah; of Chaldee origin [compare Hebrew {6453} (pecach)]; the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): — Easter, Passover.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Ye know that after two days is the feast of the G3957, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the G3957?
And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the G3957 at thy house with my disciples.
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the G3957.
After two days was the feast of the G3957, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the G3957, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the G3957?
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the G3957 with my disciples?
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the G3957.